Hair jigs are most notably useful for crappie in the coldest of waters, but they’re quite effective all year long, and for the best of reasons: they attract attention from the most finicky of ...

New Mexico anglers reel in standout catches as lakes reopen and trout, bass and tiger muskie bite across the state.

Fishing duo Cole and Jay smoke slab crappie with jigs and bobbers in the swamp. Bacon signals Trump’s new tariff order will be defeated by Congress Winter storm warning in 8 states as 15 inches of ...

Today’s crappie lures come in a vast array of sizes, colors, patterns and actions. And that’s a good thing, because you never know where you’ll find these nomadic fish and what will trip their trigger ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Tyler – SLOW. Water normal stain; 55 degrees; 1.30 feet below pool. As the weather cools there have been fewer anglers on the water. LBream are slow on red worms 6-8 feet. Channel catfish are slow on ...

Tyler — SLOW. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 1.33 feet below pool. Bream are slow on red worms 6-8 feet. Channel catfish are slow on cut bait and nightcrawlers in 6-8 feet of water. Crappie are slow ...

A central Louisiana man found with 102 crappie fish caught at Kincaid Lake has been cited by state wildlife agents, officials said Thursday. Jerald Tyler, 57, of Clifton, was cited on Nov. 13 for ...

SILVER LAKE — The bite had slowed. A few other fishers were still doing well, but my luck had stopped. Only three keeper crappie graced my stringer, and another pair of undersized fish had been ...

In early winter, finding crappies is as easy as finding green aquatic vegetation. Big slabs will be right up in the greenery, where they not only find abundant foot, but cover, both for ambushing ...

I had a friend with a lot of money and a fast boat and I only wish we had met sooner. One day we launched the boat on the Columbia, and before we ran up and down the big river, Harry Ruth nosed his ...